org.gecko.emf.osgi.rest.api

Interface AnnotationConverter

All Known Implementing Classes:

EMFJsonAnnotationConverter

public interface AnnotationConverter

API to handle custom Annotations to create EMF Load or Save Options

Since:

29 May 2018

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	canHandle(java.lang.annotation.Annotation annotation, boolean serialize) Checks if the Annotation can be handled
void	convertAnnotation(java.lang.annotation.Annotation annotation, boolean serialize, java.util.Map<java.lang.Object,java.lang.Object> options) Converts the given Annotation and adds the Putput to the given options Map

Method Detail

canHandle

boolean canHandle(java.lang.annotation.Annotation annotation,
                  boolean serialize)

Checks if the Annotation can be handled

Parameters:

annotation - the Annotation to handle

serialize - if true, this annotation is used while serializing, false means deserialization

Returns:

true if the converter should be applied.

convertAnnotation

void convertAnnotation(java.lang.annotation.Annotation annotation,
                       boolean serialize,
                       java.util.Map<java.lang.Object,java.lang.Object> options)

Converts the given Annotation and adds the Putput to the given options Map

Parameters:

annotation - the Annotation to convert

serialize - if true, this annotation is used while serializing, false means deserialization

options - the Map with the EMF Options